Community News

With Halloween right around the corner, the American Red Cross would like everyone to stay safe when they don their costumes and go out to trick or treat, according to a news release from the Red Cross.
Halloween’s greatest hazards aren’t vampires and villains, but falls, costume mishaps and traffic accidents, so the Red Cross is offering the following tips to help make this Halloween safe:
• Look for flame-resistant costumes.

Pierian Woman’s Club announces upcoming events
At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Lawrenceburg Pierian Woman’s Club made plans to host the Nov. 15 Kentucky Humanities Society Chautauqua presentation. Patricia Clark will portray Mary Todd Lincoln in “A House Divided” at 7 p.m. at the Anderson County Library. The club will serve light refreshments prior to the program and the public is cordially invited to attend this free event.

News that the state’s first positive cases for influenza this week has prompted local health officials to remind residents that flu shots are now available at the Anderson County Health Department, located on Glensboro Road in Lawrenceburg.
“We still have vaccine,” said Tim Wright, the agency’s director of public health. “We are giving shots every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.”

Frankfort Regional Medical Center has entered the 2013 Medline Pink Glove Dance Competition for a chance to win a $25,000 donation to the Kentucky Pink Connection and international social media attention—and needs your vote, hospital officials said in a news release.

Members and friends of the Second Brigade Motorcycle Club (SBMC) met at the Lawrenceburg Walmart parking lot to head out on their “mission” Sept. 29, according to a news release.
The club raised over $1,400 on one of its poker runs to help veterans, and this year the SBMC chose the Thomson-Hood Veterans facility in Wilmore.
“The club’s main focus and mission statement is to help, support, encourage and love all veterans and especially the Vietnam veterans,” event organizers said in the release.